And þys seruyse þat y am ynne, [folio 69a]
ys þe peynë for my synne;
But y pray þe, pur charyte,
Offre on þe auter þese loues for me;
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And y beseche þe, ouer alle þyng,
Þat syxe messys for me þou synge,
For, were þey sunge, y hope to wende
Yn-to þe ioye with-outen ende.
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whan þe syxtë messe ys lefte,
Ȝyf þou ne fyndë me here efte,
know þou þan soþëly ywys
Þat for þy prayere y am broȝt ['broȝt' omitted.] yn blys."
þys prest, alle þat wokë long,
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Fór þys same man preyd and song;
And whan þe wokë was alle gone,
Þe prest cam [com.] þedyr, and fondë none.
he beleued þan weyl þat he was broȝt
To blys, for, he fonde hym noȝt.
By þys tale þan mowe ȝe se,
þat hyt ys grete charyte,
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Messes for the dede to synge,
Þe soulës oute 3of þyne to3 [3_3 of pyne for to.] brynge.
Passyng alle þyng, hyt haþ powere,
Þe sacrament of þe autere,
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And namëly whan hyt ys doun
with godë mannes deuocyun;
Hym, wyl God sunner here
þan one þat ys nat hym so dere.
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yn þe seuenþe comaundement [[page 73]]
Toucheþ to þys sacrament,
Yn a talë of a knyȝt,
How þe prest þat lyueþ nat ryȝt,
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Of hys preyer ys lytyl prowe,
And þere telleþ hyt weyl how;
And y shal telle a-nouþer here,
Of a messë of a frere. [A tale.]
